NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Tentative Agenda
BUDGET COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 2-3, 1999
Room 124, Learning Resource Center, State Hospital
Jamestown, North Dakota
Tuesday, November 2, 1999 |
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12:30 p.m. |
Call to order |
BUDGET TOUR |
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12:35 p.m. |
Presentation by representatives of the State Hospital regarding its budget, programs and services, and the number of patients |
| 1:30 p.m. | Tour of the State Hospital |
| 2:45 p.m. | Proceed to the James River Correctional Center |
| 3:00 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the James River Correctional Center regarding its budget, programs and services, and inmate population |
| 3:45 p.m. | Tour of the James River Correctional Center, including Roughrider Industries, Jamestown |
| 5:00 p.m. | Recess |
Wednesday, November 3, 1999 |
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COLLOCATING THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER AND THE STATE HOSPITAL |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services regarding the feasibility and desirability of collocating the State Hospital and the Developmental Center at one location and on options and potential cost savings for sharing services if the facilities are not collocated |
| 9:30 a.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
CONSOLIDATING VISION SERVICES |
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9:45 a.m. |
Comments by Chairman Boucher on options for consolidating vision services |
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10:00 a.m. |
Presentation by representatives of the Department of Public Instruction on options for consolidating vision services |
| 10:15 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services on options for consolidating vision services |
| 10:30 a.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS AND RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES |
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| 10:40 a.m. | Presentation by the Legislative Council staff of a memorandum on daily rates charged by North Dakota and out-of-state foster care facilities and on the average length of stay of children placed out of state |
| 10:50 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services on children placed in foster care facilities, unmet service needs, and the need for additional foster care facilities |
| 11:20 a.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES |
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| 11:30 a.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services regarding the status of the nursing facilities alternative grant fund and alternative loan fund programs |
| 11:45 a.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
| 12:00 noon | Luncheon recess |
| 1:00 p.m. | Presentation by the Legislative Council staff of a memorandum regarding the statutory authority of the health council to expand the number of basic care beds |
| 1:15 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services on the establishment of a traumatic brain-injured facility in western North Dakota and on projected costs of a facility |
| 1:30 p.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
| 1:45 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the Department of Human Services regarding the status of Alzheimer's and related dementia projects |
| 2:00 p.m. | Comments by committee members and other interested persons |
| 2:15 p.m. | Committee discussion and staff directives |
BUDGET TOUR |
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| 2:30 p.m. | Travel to the South Central Human Service Center, 520 Third Street NW, Jamestown |
| 3:15 p.m. | Presentation by representatives of the South Central Human Service Center regarding the center's budget, programs and services, and number of clients served |
| 4:00 p.m. | Tour of the South Central Human Service Center |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
